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Walter Lawrence Trophy A brief history of the Walter Lawrence Trophy Winners of the Walter Lawrence Trophy
Sir Walter died in 1939 and his son, Guy, was not keen on cricket and so the award fell by the wayside. But in 1965 Brian Thornton inherited the trophy on the death of his father-in-law, Guy Lawrence, and the following year reinstated the award for the fastest Test century by an England batsman, with the help of MCC and many others, including Brian Johnston. In 1970 the award reverted to its original form for the fastest first-class century during the English season. Also in that year the award was presented for 'the most meritorious innings of the England v The Rest of the World series' to Geoff Boycott, for his 222-ball century at The Oval. In 1985 the basis for the award was changed from minutes to the number of balls faced after more hundreds began to be scored against less than challenging bowling in contrived circumstances. Matters came to a head in 1983 when Lancashire's Steve O'Shaughnessy made a hundred in 35 minutes against Leicestershire against joke bowling. Such innings are now barred from inclusion at the discretion of the judges. The trophy, together with a cheque for £5,000 to the winning batsman and another for £5,000 to charity, is presented during an awards ceremony and dinner held in the Long Room at Lord's, which is attended by current and former cricketers, correspondents and many celebrity guests. Winners 1934 Frank Woolley1935 Harold Gimblett 1936 Les Ames 1937 Joe Hardstaff 1938 Hugh Bartlett 1939 Les Ames 1966 Ken Barrington 1967 Basil D'Oliveira 1968 Tom Graveney 1969 Colin Milburn 1970 Geoff Boycott 1971 Brian Davison 1972 Majid Khan 1973 Asif Iqbal 1974 Garry Sobers 1975 Robin Hobbs 1976 Alan Knott 1977 Chris Old 1978 Gordon Greenidge 1979 Mike Procter 1980 Viv Richards 1981 Sylvester Clarke 1982 Ian Botham 1983 Steve O'Shaughnessy 1984 Mike Gatting 1985 Ian Botham 1986 Viv Richards 1987 Roland Butcher 1988 Graeme Hick 1989 Darren Bicknell 1990 Tom Moody 1991 Ian Austin 1992 Martin Speight 1993 Paul Johnson / Matthew Maynard 1994 Ken Rutherford 1995 Chris Cairns 1996 Graham Lloyd 1997 Graham Lloyd 1998 Ali Brown / Carl Hooper 1999 A Flintoff 2000 Darren Lehmann 2001 Ian Harvey 2002 Matthew Fleming 2003 Damien Martyn 2004 Richard Johnson 2005 Ian Blackwell 2006 Mark Ealham 2007 Marcus North 2008 Graham Napier © Cricinfo
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Stories Napier wins Walter Lawrence Trophy Ealham wins award for season's fastest hundred Marcus North wins award for season's fastest hundred External Links The official Walter Lawrence Trophy website |
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